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 */
package it.free.i.virtual.machine.hal.devicealias.echo;

import it.free.i.virtual.swarm.ComposableInformationUnit;

import java.util.Date;

/**  
 * Generic echo DTO impl
 * @author stefano
 */
public abstract class EchoImpl implements Echo {

	private Date timestamp = null;
	
	public EchoImpl(){
		this.timestamp = new Date();
	}
	
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see it.free.i.virtual.machine.hal.devicealias.laboratory.positioningsystem.Echo#getTimeStamp()
	 */
	public Date getTimeStamp() {
		return this.timestamp;
	}

	public abstract ComposableInformationUnit getRenderedObjectImage();
}
